Tell Me You're Mine

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"Tell Me You're Mine"
Single by The Gaylords
B-side "Cuban Love Song"
ReleasedNovember 1952 (1952-11)
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:37
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Ronald L. Fredianelli, Dico Vasin
The Gaylords singles chronology
"Tell Me You're Mine"
(1952)
"Ramona"
(1953)

"Tell Me You're Mine" is a song written by Ronald L. Fredianelli and Dico Vasin and performed by The Gaylords. It reached number 2 on the U.S. pop chart and number 3 on Cashbox in 1953. [1]

The song ranked number 17 on Billboard's Year-End top 30 singles of 1953. [2]

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